Greenhouse Gas Reporting Rule: Revision to Best Available Monitoring Method Request Submission Deadline for Petroleum and Natural Gas Systems Source Category, 11619-11620 [2013-03468]

Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 78, No. 33 / Tuesday, February 19, 2013 / Proposed Rules Rules Section of this Federal Register. A detailed rationale for the approval is set forth in the direct final rule. If no adverse comments are received in response to this rule, no further activity is contemplated. If EPA receives adverse comments, the direct final rule will be withdrawn and all public comments received will be addressed in a subsequent final rule based on this proposed rule. EPA will not institute a second comment period on this document. Any parties interested in commenting on this document should do so at this time. Dated: February 5, 2013. A. Stanley Meiburg, Acting Regional Administrator, Region 4. [FR Doc. 2013–03608 Filed 2–15–13; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560–50–P ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY 40 CFR Part 98 [EPA–HQ–OAR–2011–0417; FRL–9780–4] RIN 2060–AR74 Greenhouse Gas Reporting Rule: Revision to Best Available Monitoring Method Request Submission Deadline for Petroleum and Natural Gas Systems Source Category Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Proposed rule. AGENCY: The EPA is proposing to revise the deadline by which owners or operators of facilities subject to the petroleum and natural gas systems source category of the Greenhouse Gas Reporting Rule must submit requests for use of best available monitoring methods to the Administrator. This proposed revision does not change any other requirements for owners or operators as outlined in the best available monitoring method rule provisions. SUMMARY: Written comments must be received on or before March 21, 2013. Public Hearing. A public hearing will be held if requested. To request a hearing, please contact the person listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section by February 26, 2013. If requested, the hearing will be conducted on March 6, 2013, in the Washington, DC area. EPA will publish a notice in the Federal Register with further information about the public hearing if a public hearing is requested. ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by docket ID No. EPA–HQ– srobinson on DSK4SPTVN1PROD with PROPOSALS DATES: VerDate Mar<15>2010 16:48 Feb 15, 2013 Jkt 229001 OAR–2011–0417 by one of the following methods: • Federal eRulemaking Portal: https:// www.regulations.gov. Follow the online instructions for submitting comments. • Email: GHG_Reporting_Rule_Oil_ And_Natural_Gas@epa.gov. • Fax: (202) 566–9744. • Mail: Environmental Protection Agency, EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), Mailcode 6102T, Attention Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–OAR–2011–0417, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20460. • Hand/Courier Delivery: EPA Docket Center, Public Reading Room, EPA West Building, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20004. Such deliveries are only accepted during the Docket’s normal hours of operation, and special arrangements should be made for deliveries of boxed information. Instructions: Direct your comments to Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–OAR–2011– 0417. EPA’s policy is that all comments received will be included in the public docket without change and may be made available online at https:// www.regulations.gov, including any personal information provided, unless the comment includes information claimed to be confidential business information (CBI) or other information whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Do not submit information that you consider to be CBI or otherwise protected through https:// www.regulations.gov or email. Send or deliver information identified as CBI to only the mail or hand/courier delivery address listed above, attention: Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–OAR–2011–0417. The https://www.regulations.gov Web site is an ‘‘anonymous access’’ system, which means EPA will not know your identity or contact information unless you provide it in the body of your comment. If you send an email comment directly to EPA without going through https:// www.regulations.gov your email address will be automatically captured and included as part of the comment that is placed in the public docket and made available on the Internet. If you submit an electronic comment, EPA recommends that you include your name and other contact information in the body of your comment and with any disk or CD–ROM you submit. If EPA cannot read your comment due to technical difficulties and cannot contact you for clarification, EPA may not be able to consider your comment. Electronic files should avoid the use of special characters, any form of encryption, and be free of any defects or viruses. PO 00000 Frm 00016 Fmt 4702 Sfmt 4702 11619 Docket: All documents in the docket are listed in the https:// www.regulations.gov index. Although listed in the index, some information is not publicly available, e.g., CBI or other information whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Certain other material, such as copyrighted material, will be publicly available only in hard copy. Publicly available docket materials are available either electronically in https:// www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at the Air Docket, EPA/DC, EPA West Building, Room B102, 1301 Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, DC. This Docket Facility is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays. The telephone number for the Public Reading Room is (202) 566–1744, and the telephone number for the Air Docket is (202) 566– 1742. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Carole Cook, Climate Change Division, Office of Atmospheric Programs (MC– 6207J), Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (202) 343–9263; fax number: (202) 343–2342; email address: GHGReportingRule@epa.gov. For technical information, contact the Greenhouse Gas Reporting Rule Hotline at: https://www.epa.gov/ghgreporting/ reporters/. To submit a question, select Rule Help center, then select Contact us. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Why is the EPA issuing this proposed rule? EPA is proposing to revise the deadline in 40 CFR 98.234(f)(8)(i) by which owners or operators of facilities subject to the petroleum and natural gas systems source category, subpart W, of the Greenhouse Gas Reporting Rule must submit a request to use best available monitoring methods to the Administrator. We have published a direct final rule making this revision in the ‘‘Rules and Regulations’’ section of this Federal Register because the EPA views this as a noncontroversial action and no adverse comments are anticipated. A further explanation for the reasons for this action is in the preamble to the direct final rule. If we receive no adverse comment, we will not take further action on this proposed rule. If the EPA receives relevant adverse comment, we will publish a timely withdrawal notice in the Federal Register to inform the public that the direct final rule, or the relevant portion of the direct final rule, will not take effect. The rule provisions E:\FR\FM\19FEP1.SGM 19FEP1 11620 Federal Register / Vol. 78, No. 33 / Tuesday, February 19, 2013 / Proposed Rules that are not withdrawn will become effective on the date set out in the direct final rule, notwithstanding relevant adverse comment on any other provision, unless we determine that it would not be appropriate to promulgate those provisions due to their being affected by the provision for which we receive relevant adverse comment. If the EPA does receive relevant adverse comment on the direct final rule and withdraws the direct final rule, we will address all public comments in any subsequent final rule based on this proposal. We will not institute a second comment period on this action. Any parties interested in commenting on the specific changes being made must do so by the comment deadline listed in the DATES section of this document. The EPA will not consider a comment to be adverse if a comment pertains to an aspect of part 98 or 40 CFR part 98, subpart W that is not addressed in the direct final rule. For further information about commenting on this action, please see the information provided in the ADDRESSES section of this document. List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 98 Environmental protection, Administrative practice and procedures, Air pollution control, Greenhouse gases, Monitoring, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements. Dated: February 6, 2013. Lisa P. Jackson, Administrator. [FR Doc. 2013–03468 Filed 2–15–13; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560–50–P ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY 40 CFR Part 300 [EPA–HQ–SFUND–1990–0011; FRL–9780–5] National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan National Priorities List: Deletion of the Kerr-McGee (Sewage Treatment Plant) Superfund Site Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Proposed rule: notice of intent. AGENCY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 5 is issuing a Notice of Intent to Delete the KerrMcGee Sewage Treatment Plant Superfund Site located in West Chicago, DuPage County, Illinois from the National Priorities List (NPL) and requests public comments on this proposed action. The NPL, promulgated pursuant to Section 105 of the Comprehensive Environmental srobinson on DSK4SPTVN1PROD with PROPOSALS SUMMARY: VerDate Mar<15>2010 17:02 Feb 15, 2013 Jkt 229001 Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) of 1980, as amended, is an appendix of the National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan (NCP). EPA and the State of Illinois, through the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (IEPA), have determined that all appropriate response actions under CERCLA have been completed. However, this deletion does not preclude future actions under Superfund. Comments must be received by March 21, 2013. ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– SFUND–1990–0011, by one of the following methods: • https://www.regulations.gov: Follow online instructions for submitting comments. • Email: Gladys Beard, NPL Deletion Process Manager, at beard.gladys@epa.gov or Janet Pope, Community Involvement Coordinator, at pope.janet@epa.gov. • Fax: Gladys Beard, NPL Deletion Process Manager, at (312) 697–2077. • Mail: Timothy Fischer, Remedial Project Manager, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (SR–6J), 77 West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, IL 60604, (312) 886–7253, or Janet Pope, Community Involvement Coordinator, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (SI–7J), 77 West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, IL 60604, (312) 353–0628 or (800) 621–8431. • Hand delivery: Janet Pope, Community Involvement Coordinator, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (SI–7J), 77 West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, IL 60604. Such deliveries are only accepted during the docket’s normal hours of operation, and special arrangements should be made for deliveries of boxed information. The normal business hours are Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. CST, excluding federal holidays. Instructions: Direct your comments to Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–SFUND–1990– 0011. EPA’s policy is that all comments received will be included in the public docket without change and may be made available online at https:// www.regulations.gov, including any personal information provided, unless the comment includes information claimed to be Confidential Business Information (CBI) or other information whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Do not submit information that you consider to be CBI or otherwise protected through https:// www.regulations.gov or email. The https://www.regulations.gov Web site is DATES: PO 00000 Frm 00017 Fmt 4702 Sfmt 4702 an ‘‘anonymous access’’ system, which means EPA will not know your identity or contact information unless you provide it in the body of your comment. If you send an email comment directly to EPA without going through https:// www.regulations.gov, your email address will be automatically captured and included as part of the comment that is placed in the public docket and made available on the Internet. If you submit an electronic comment, EPA recommends that you include your name and other contact information in the body of your comment and with any disk or CD–ROM you submit. If EPA cannot read your comment due to technical difficulties and cannot contact you for clarification, EPA may not be able to consider your comment. Electronic files should avoid the use of special characters, any form of encryption, and be free of any defects or viruses. Docket: All documents in the docket are listed in the https:// www.regulations.gov index. Although listed in the index, some information may not be publicly available, e.g., CBI or other information whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Certain other material, such as copyrighted material, will be publicly available only in the hard copy. Publicly available docket materials are available either electronically at https:// www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at: • U.S. Environmental Protection Agency—Region 5, 77 West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, IL 60604, Phone: (312) 353–1063. Hours: Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. CST, excluding federal holidays. • West Chicago Public Library, 118 West Washington Street, West Chicago, IL 60185, Phone: (630) 231–1552. Hours: Monday through Thursday, 9:30 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. CST, Friday and Saturday, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. CST, Sunday, 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. CST. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Timothy Fischer, Remedial Project Manager, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (SR–6J), 77 West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, IL 60604, (312) 886–4737, or fischer.timothy@epa.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In the ‘‘Rules and Regulations’’ section of today’s Federal Register, we are publishing a direct final Notice of Deletion of the Kerr-McGee (Sewage Treatment Plant) Superfund Site without prior Notice of Intent to Delete because we view this as a noncontroversial revision and anticipate no adverse comment. We have explained our reasons for this deletion in the preamble to the direct final E:\FR\FM\19FEP1.SGM 19FEP1

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[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 33 (Tuesday, February 19, 2013)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 11619-11620]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-03468]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 98

[EPA-HQ-OAR-2011-0417; FRL-9780-4]
RIN 2060-AR74


Greenhouse Gas Reporting Rule: Revision to Best Available 
Monitoring Method Request Submission Deadline for Petroleum and Natural 
Gas Systems Source Category

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Proposed rule.

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SUMMARY: The EPA is proposing to revise the deadline by which owners or 
operators of facilities subject to the petroleum and natural gas 
systems source category of the Greenhouse Gas Reporting Rule must 
submit requests for use of best available monitoring methods to the 
Administrator. This proposed revision does not change any other 
requirements for owners or operators as outlined in the best available 
monitoring method rule provisions.

DATES: Written comments must be received on or before March 21, 2013.
    Public Hearing. A public hearing will be held if requested. To 
request a hearing, please contact the person listed in the FOR FURTHER 
INFORMATION CONTACT section by February 26, 2013. If requested, the 
hearing will be conducted on March 6, 2013, in the Washington, DC area. 
EPA will publish a notice in the Federal Register with further 
information about the public hearing if a public hearing is requested.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by docket ID No. EPA-HQ-
OAR-2011-0417 by one of the following methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://www.regulations.gov. 
Follow the online instructions for submitting comments.
     Email: GHG_Reporting_Rule_Oil_And_Natural_Gas@epa.gov.
     Fax: (202) 566-9744.
     Mail: Environmental Protection Agency, EPA Docket Center 
(EPA/DC), Mailcode 6102T, Attention Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2011-0417, 
1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20460.
     Hand/Courier Delivery: EPA Docket Center, Public Reading 
Room, EPA West Building, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Avenue NW., 
Washington, DC 20004. Such deliveries are only accepted during the 
Docket's normal hours of operation, and special arrangements should be 
made for deliveries of boxed information.
    Instructions: Direct your comments to Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-
2011-0417. EPA's policy is that all comments received will be included 
in the public docket without change and may be made available online at 
https://www.regulations.gov, including any personal information 
provided, unless the comment includes information claimed to be 
confidential business information (CBI) or other information whose 
disclosure is restricted by statute. Do not submit information that you 
consider to be CBI or otherwise protected through https://www.regulations.gov or email. Send or deliver information identified as 
CBI to only the mail or hand/courier delivery address listed above, 
attention: Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2011-0417. The https://www.regulations.gov Web site is an ``anonymous access'' system, which 
means EPA will not know your identity or contact information unless you 
provide it in the body of your comment. If you send an email comment 
directly to EPA without going through https://www.regulations.gov your 
email address will be automatically captured and included as part of 
the comment that is placed in the public docket and made available on 
the Internet. If you submit an electronic comment, EPA recommends that 
you include your name and other contact information in the body of your 
comment and with any disk or CD-ROM you submit. If EPA cannot read your 
comment due to technical difficulties and cannot contact you for 
clarification, EPA may not be able to consider your comment. Electronic 
files should avoid the use of special characters, any form of 
encryption, and be free of any defects or viruses.
    Docket: All documents in the docket are listed in the https://www.regulations.gov index. Although listed in the index, some 
information is not publicly available, e.g., CBI or other information 
whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Certain other material, such 
as copyrighted material, will be publicly available only in hard copy. 
Publicly available docket materials are available either electronically 
in https://www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at the Air Docket, EPA/
DC, EPA West Building, Room B102, 1301 Constitution Ave., NW., 
Washington, DC. This Docket Facility is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 
p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays. The telephone 
number for the Public Reading Room is (202) 566-1744, and the telephone 
number for the Air Docket is (202) 566-1742.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Carole Cook, Climate Change Division, 
Office of Atmospheric Programs (MC-6207J), Environmental Protection 
Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone 
number: (202) 343-9263; fax number: (202) 343-2342; email address: 
GHGReportingRule@epa.gov. For technical information, contact the 
Greenhouse Gas Reporting Rule Hotline at: https://www.epa.gov/ghgreporting/reporters/. To submit a question, select Rule 
Help center, then select Contact us.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Why is the EPA issuing this proposed rule?

    EPA is proposing to revise the deadline in 40 CFR 98.234(f)(8)(i) 
by which owners or operators of facilities subject to the petroleum and 
natural gas systems source category, subpart W, of the Greenhouse Gas 
Reporting Rule must submit a request to use best available monitoring 
methods to the Administrator. We have published a direct final rule 
making this revision in the ``Rules and Regulations'' section of this 
Federal Register because the EPA views this as a noncontroversial 
action and no adverse comments are anticipated. A further explanation 
for the reasons for this action is in the preamble to the direct final 
rule.
    If we receive no adverse comment, we will not take further action 
on this proposed rule. If the EPA receives relevant adverse comment, we 
will publish a timely withdrawal notice in the Federal Register to 
inform the public that the direct final rule, or the relevant portion 
of the direct final rule, will not take effect. The rule provisions

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that are not withdrawn will become effective on the date set out in the 
direct final rule, notwithstanding relevant adverse comment on any 
other provision, unless we determine that it would not be appropriate 
to promulgate those provisions due to their being affected by the 
provision for which we receive relevant adverse comment. If the EPA 
does receive relevant adverse comment on the direct final rule and 
withdraws the direct final rule, we will address all public comments in 
any subsequent final rule based on this proposal. We will not institute 
a second comment period on this action. Any parties interested in 
commenting on the specific changes being made must do so by the comment 
deadline listed in the DATES section of this document. The EPA will not 
consider a comment to be adverse if a comment pertains to an aspect of 
part 98 or 40 CFR part 98, subpart W that is not addressed in the 
direct final rule. For further information about commenting on this 
action, please see the information provided in the ADDRESSES section of 
this document.

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 98

    Environmental protection, Administrative practice and procedures, 
Air pollution control, Greenhouse gases, Monitoring, Reporting and 
recordkeeping requirements.

    Dated: February 6, 2013.
Lisa P. Jackson,
Administrator.
[FR Doc. 2013-03468 Filed 2-15-13; 8:45 am]
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